NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell sharply at the open on Tuesday, pressured by a second straight day of weak data out of Germany, the euro zone's largest economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was falling 137.4 points, or 0.81 percent, at 16,854.51, the S&P 500 <.SPX> was losing 14.83 points, or 0.75 percent, at 1,949.99 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> was dropping 38.49 points, or 0.86 percent, at 4,416.31.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)